Bobby Riggs Cause of Death: How did Bobby Riggs Die?

Bobby Riggs was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 1988. He and Lornie Kuhle founded the Bobby Riggs Tennis Club and Museum in Encinitas, California to increase awareness of the disease and house his memoirs/trophies.

Riggs died on October 25, 1995, at his home in Leucadia, Encinitas, California, aged 77. He was survived by two sons from his first marriage, three children from his second marriage, two brothers and four grandchildren.

In his final days, Riggs remained in friendly contact with Billie Jean King and King phoned him often. She called him shortly before his death, offering to visit him, but he did not want her to see him in his condition.

Riggs was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1967. Riggs Drive in Sandy, Utah was named for Riggs. An adjoining street was named for Jack Kramer.